Improvement in peg-floats



Jl W. PIPIELD,

Peg-Float. No. 19s ,o49. Patented Jan. 8,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN W. FIFIELD, OF NORTH BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEG-FLOATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,049, dated January 8, 1878; application filed June 25, 1877'.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. FIFIELD, of North Brookeld, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Vibrating Peg-Cutter for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanyin g drawings, in which- Figure l shows a perpendicular section through the cutter, and Fig. 2 a plan of the vibrating wheel of a pegcutter embodying my invention.

b The same letters indicate the same parts in oth.

A is the standard, having a curved top, as shown, to enable its point to reach into the toe of the boot or shoe, and made hollow, with the shaft B held in suitable bearings, the shaft B having a lever, C, at its bottom, or other means to give it a partial rotary vibrating` motion, and its upper end bent to one side, as shown, and having a pin, D, which plays in a slot or groove, E, in the wheel F, giving it a vibrating motion on the screw G, which holds the wheel and forms its pivot. The wheel F is shown in section in Fig. 1, on the line S O of Fig. 2. The raised parts N N are made with cutting-edges on both their sides, so as to cut both ways when vibrated, and the edge P below them proj ects j ust enough to prevent the upper leather of the boot or shoe from being pressed into contact with the cutting-edges of the Wheel. E is the slot by which the pin vD gives motion to the wheel, and two or more may be made; or it may be made as a groove under one of the parts N, to avoid the chips, and, by having more than one, the wheel can be changed when one part becomes dull or worn. A quick vibrating motion being given to the wheel, makes it cut smooth and throw out the chips.

I am aware that revolving cutting-wheels and reciprocating slides have been used. These I do not claim; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a machine for cutting pegs in boots and shoes, the wheel F, formed with its doubleedgedcutting-di visions, substantially as above described.

JOHN W. FIFIELD.

Witnesses:

NAT. H. FosTER, J. K. SOUTHWORTH. 

